- Date Of Birth: August 2, 1927
- Date Of Death: September 29, 2008
- State: Missouri
Ruth Jeanette Carmack, 81, of Steelville, Missouri passed away on Monday, September 29, 2008 at St. Johns Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. She was born August 2, 1927 to Alfred and Connie (Cole) Achurch. On January 4, 1946 in Steelville, Missouri, she was married to William “Bill” Carmack who preceded her in death on October 8, 1986.
She will be sadly missed by her two sons, Bob Carmack and wife Ester of Steelville, MO and Bill Carmack and wife Kathy of Lafayette, IN; one daughter, Barb Turnbough and husband Don of Davisville, MO; one brother, Bill Achurch and wife Jane of Steelvile, MO; nine grandchildren, William Paul Carmack and wife Kimberley, Rachel Van Dyke and husband Tony, Robert Carmack, Jr., Chanda Schaefer and husband Tim, Jeff Turnbough and wife Norma, Angie Turnbough, Jane Bullock, Debbie Shasserre and Brad Turnbough and wife Tanya; twenty-three great-grandchildren, Justin, Dalton, Alicia, Ryan, Dusty, Trevor, Luke Brian, Brittany, Benjamin, Emily, Raquel, Chella, Landon, Nicholas, Ryan, Jessi, Shannon, Nathan, Jordon, Justin, Ryan and Bobbi Jo; other relatives and friends.
Ruth was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Bill, and one son, Jon Steven Carmack.
In her early years, she taught school at Westover in Crawford County.
Ruth and her husband Bill spent nineteen months in Sasebo, Japan while he was a chief petty officer in the U.S. Navy. She took her three children, ages 6, 3, and 9 months with her. After their time in Japan, they came back to the U.S. in January of 1955 on a Navy transport ship. They stopped in Alaska and went on to Seattle, WA. Ruth and the three children went back on a train to Missouri while her husband, Bill went back to sea.
As long as Ruth was able to drive, she attended church at Midland Pentecostal Assembly with her daughter.
In her later years, she started going to church with two of her grand-daughters at Faith Pentecostal Assembly.
In her spare time, Ruth loved to crochet.
